The Bolshevik Myth · Character
Bakaiev
A Bolshevik official.
minor
First appearance: xxxi the cheka
Bakaiev's tie to Unknown Narrator is one of the pressures that moves The Bolshevik Myth—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
Head of the Petrograd Cheka, with whom Berkman intercedes for arrested anarchists; lives modestly.
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With Unknown Narrator (rivalry): Bakaiev is a Bolshevik official who acts as an antagonist to the narrator. With Unknown Narrator (rivalry): Bakaiev is a Bolshevik official who acts as an antagonist to the narrator.
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Relationship types
- Rivalry
- Other
Character groups
- Extensive Revolutionary Cast
- Protagonist
- American Journalists and Bolshevik Leader
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Falling action.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
This excerpt marks the dramatic climax because it presents the emotional and psychological peak of disillusion…
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rivalry · negative
Bakaiev is a Bolshevik official who acts as an antagonist to the narrator. How this plays out →
- Unknown Narrator
rivalry · negative
Bakaiev is a Bolshevik official who acts as an antagonist to the narrator. How this plays out →
- Unknown Narrator
rivalry · negative
Bakaiev is a Bolshevik official who acts as an antagonist to the narrator. How this plays out →
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See Bakaiev in xxxi the cheka